How to Use write back in a Sentence
write back
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Within weeks, Muller wrote back.
—Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Around 30 households wrote back.
—Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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Rupert wrote back a couple of days later.
—Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
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The model wrote back in the second person.
—Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Leo wrote back within 12 minutes.
—USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
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In her comments, Austin wrote back an adorable message to her daughter.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
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People got all up in arms about some of the songs Bob Dylan wrote back in the day, too.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
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Kent wrote back to a fan, per Bachelor Nation.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
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Stuhlinger wrote back, telling a story from his home country (Germany) from hundreds of years prior.
—Big Think, 28 Nov. 2025
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The relative wrote back and, in an almost businesslike tone, informed her that there was no space left at the Maine cemetery.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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In later years, the rape was written back into their storyline as their children tried to cope with their father’s actions.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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Then, Greg quotes some of Tommy’s writing back to him, which, for a writer, is right up there with seeing your work in print.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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Instead of writing back, Bonnie gave it to Pam, who passed it on to everyone who mattered.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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However, her cousin the followed up, and the OP wrote back declining the invite.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Vintage Southern cake recipes written back when everyone used lightweight and light color aluminum pans bake best in that type of pan.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jan began receiving love letters from Berchtold and willingly wrote back.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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Police officials wrote back to Gude in 2024 that an investigation had been opened.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
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Uhlfelder vehemently disagreed, writing back that Kitchen and Mattox had been listed on all the court paperwork.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
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So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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To the concealing charge, Adelman wrote back to the jury that Dugan needed to know the identity, over the objection of prosecutors.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Liaw wrote back trying to assuage his concerns and then continued making inquiries about the GPU orders, the indictment states.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
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But as my colleague Nicholas Florko wrote back in March, none of those treatments was requested by health-care providers in Texas—or delivered by the CDC.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2025
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Vogelzang wrote back to Turner to inquire about the threshold of enrollment needed in order for Willard to qualify for an assistant principal position, but did not receive a response.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Previously it was announced that 8x Primetime Emmy nominee Lena Dunham was directing and writing back in June 2021.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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The decision to go is partly a result of his conversation with Jeremiah, partly because Belly finally wrote back to him after months of unanswered letters, and also thanks to Agnes' (Zoe de Grand Maison) encouragement.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Heuermann wrote back, but hasn't responded to several follow-up missives from Jesperson, according to Toulon, who spoke to The Associated Press ahead of Heuermann’s sentencing Wednesday.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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Heuermann wrote back, but hasn’t responded to several follow-up missives from Jesperson, according to Toulon, who spoke to The Associated Press ahead of Heuermann’s sentencing Wednesday.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 15 June 2026
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The conclusion to the Hearstopper TV universe is here in the form of a film, Netflix’s Heartstopper Forever, based on Alice Oseman’s sixth graphic novel in the series of the same name as well as her Nick and Charlie novella written back in 2015.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 July 2026
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